Pentagram’s Abbott Miller created the environmental design for Centro Roberto Garza Sada, the handsome arts centre at the Universidad de Monterrey. I love the sleek white design system and how it contrasts with the stark grey walls. But it is his donor recognition installation that I am mesmerized by. Names of donors are engraved on polished Plexiglas rods and hung at different lengths to create a sculptural installation. As the light changes throughout the day, the Plexiglas pieces turn into ever-changing prisms, shifting in the air and casting rainbow light across the stark concrete space. Proof that donor recognition can go from dull to downright dreamy in the right hands…

Monochromatic paper craft makes a beautiful backdrop for Cédric Ragot’s new Henri Mazelier collection. Focused on turning the pocketknife into a sculptural piece of dinner cutlery, I love the juxtaposition of delicate paper shapes and sharp blades. The use of just one colour creates dimension but makes the knives the stylish star of the photograph…

My First Autobahn Tape by Donkey Creative Lab is a brilliant kid’s product. Rather than stick to static and expensive toy car sets, the tape allows you to create custom and temporary streets anywhere you please. Fancy one long road through your playroom? How about a complex web of Paris streets weaving around your bedroom? Any road design is possible with this fantastic tape. If I were a kid, I would run some roads up the walls and across the ceiling. Perfect for travel too…

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I am mesmerized by N SKY C, a website that showcases the average colour of the New York City sky every five minutes via a block of colour. Hover over the block and you see a webcam snapshot of the sky in that five minute period. Created by web designer Mike Bodge from the viewpoint of his Noho and East Village facing desk, the website is a beautiful representation of weather, sunsets, sunrises and the transitions of a day. I love that each day can be summed up in its very own colour palette.

This illustration by the super talented Spanish illustrator Pablo Amargo made me laugh. Pablo’s work is always clever, smart and wonderfully designed. I don’t think I will look at cows the same way again!

Photographer Oliver Schwarzwald uses colour in such a dynamic and bold way. I just love how his mind works. The colour palette is beautiful and so brilliantly constructed. I’m not sure these photos would be as eye-catching without the grey sheet or the richly textured clothing choices. The white car topped with gifts in all shades of pink sort of blows my mind!